Despite facing off in the World Test Championship final, Australia and South Africa have been snubbed in Wisden's annual Team of the Year voting.

The Cricketer's Playbook podcast features SC Playbook's Tim Williams, Cricket Australia commentator Max Bryden and Random Stats Guy as they preview the Australia v Sri Lanka Test series, looking at what's at stake for the Australian players, including Steve Smith's captaincy legacy and Sam Konstas' World Test Championship position.

They also partake in cricket trivia, look at the Wisden Team of the Year and track all the major tournament's in world cricket to announce their World Team of the Week.

03:30 Australia v Sri Lanka: Smith's captaincy opportunity

22:00 The Appeal: Should Big Bash axe finals?

30:20 Wisden Team of the Year controversy

35:20 Women's Ashes: Australia wipe England

39:30 Cricket trivia: Adelaide Oval centurians

44:00 World team of the week voting

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In this week's positional analysis of hookers, a couple of Roosters utilities have shot to relevance to start the Supercoach season following long-term injuries at the club.

Returning for the second show of the year, Beers & Breakevens pits SC Playbook's 2020 runner-up Tim Williams and the Rugby League Guru together to help you nail your NRL Supercoach teams heading into the 2025 season.

They run through the entire hooking position to find the best guns, mid-rangers and cheapies heading into round 1.

00:00 Kat's new kicks

08:30 Guns: Set-and-forget Grant?

18:30 Mid-rangers: Marshall-King on the up

27:00 Cheapies: Mozer's time to shine at Broncos

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Nicho Hynes had one of his lowest scoring NRL Supercoach seasons in recent years in 2024, will he bounce back to his best at enticing value to start 2025?

In this week's edition of the SC Playbook podcast, 2020 NRL Supercoach runner-up Tim Williams, 2019 champion Dezzy Creek, Max Bryden and Matty the Waterboy are on deck for the second episode of the 2025 pre-season.

The crew discuss their strategy in managing their team, whether it's going hard early on trades and points or playing the long game and focusing on cash generation.

They also begin their team previews, starting with the Penrith Panthers, Brisbane Broncos, Cronulla Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons.

00:00 Dezzy and Max make their 2025 debuts

08:30 Short-term v long-term strategy

23:30 Penrith preview: Is Cleary a must after off-season surgery?

35:00 Sharks preview: Can Nicho bounce back to NRL Supercoach best?

48:00 Broncos preview: Walsh the fullback super POD

01:02:00 Dragons preview: Will Val fire at Red V?

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